014. Portrait in Opposites by Domstad Rudie

About "014. Portrait in Opposites"

by Domstad Rudie

About the artwork

In this digital portrait, a face stares at us, simple yet charged with a certain tension. The artist has chosen a bright, almost aggressive blue background that detaches the figure from any reality. The blue acts as silence, as emptiness, but also as an endless space in which the portrait floats.

The lines are sleek, black, unrelenting. They frame the facial features without nuance, as if to delimit the inner world. And yet, within these boundaries, emotion slips out. The eyes - blue, sharp and almost unnaturally bright - seem to pierce, as if to pierce the viewer with questions that are never asked.

The mouth is striking: bright red, contrasting with the rest of the subdued colours. These red lips seem not just a detail, but a statement. They can symbolise speech, desire, or just the silence that screams. They break the silence of the blue and give the portrait a pulsating energy.

The whole exudes a paradox: the simplicity of the form versus the intensity of the colour; the calmness of the face versus the chargedness of the gaze. It is as if the artist wants to show how a human being is always made up of opposites - vulnerable and powerful, present yet elusive.

This artwork invites viewers to mirror themselves: where do we find our stillness, and what colour would it wear?

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Finished on: 30 June 2021